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DEFINITION OF THE TERM ECONOMY' & The Private and Public Sector
DEFINITION OF THE TERM ECONOMY' & The Private and Public Sector
‘ECONOMIC SYSTEM’
An economy or an economic system refers to the way
society organizes its scarce resources to produce
goods and services to satisfy the needs and wants of
the population.
It is a system or plan that is put in place by the
government of a country to deal with the problem of
scarcity.
An economy is divided into 2 distinct sectors. These
sectors are:
1. The public sector
2. The private sector